[Air-L] Internet-based sources and validity

[Peter CHOW-WHITE]

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On 2012-07-31, at 7:23 AM, "Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki" <tkach at japan.email.ne.jp> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tell my graduate students that if they want to use material from
> the Internet -- either citations or as source data -- to either PDF
> the page ("Print to PDF" usually works well in this situation) or
> use "Scrapbook" or a similar browser-based program to capture the
> page.
> 
> (If the latter, I caution them to be careful as to how many levels
> they capture, and I suggest that they do not change the date/time on the timestamped folder.)
> 
> Then, if they reference that material in their M.A. or Ph.D. theses,
> I spotcheck the source. If the source still exists, then no problem;
> if it doesn't exist, then I ask to see the PDF or the timestamped
> folder. If they cannot produce either to show me, then I strongly
> recommend that they find another source for what they want to cite.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Leslie
> 
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> (2012/07/31 22:37), Patricia Jeter wrote:
>> I either create a PDF or JPEG screen capture of any web pages I use and save them along with all of my other references. I hope this helps.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>>> On Jul 26, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Maria Eronen wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Would anyone know what are the criteria concerning internet material's validity? Is it common that you as a researcher will be asked to prove that the material you have collected from the internet is real. Since a lot of internet data disappears everyday, mere url addresses are not enough. Even html files can be modified after saving webpages.
>>>> 
>>>> I would appreciate if someone had time to answer.
>>>> 
>>>> Maria
>>>> 
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